LGBTQ Collection Assessment: A Citation

Analysis and Case Study at Concordia

University Libraries

Vince Graziano

LGBTQ and Sexuality Studies Librarian

Concordia University Libraries

April 10, 2015

LIBRARIES

Theses by Department

Department Number of Theses

Communication Studies 9

Sociology and Anthropology 7

Art History 2

Creative Arts Therapies 2

English 2

Education 1

Film Studies 1

Geography 1

Political Science 1

Theological Studies 1

Special Individualized Program (SIP) 1

TOTAL: 28

Previous Research on

Library Ownership

Author (s) Date Percentages

Chambers & Healey 1973 90%, 93%

Herubel 1991 83%

Joy Thomas 1993 66%, 92%

Sylvia & Lesher 1995 77%

Margaret Sylvia 1998 87%

Joy Thomas 2000 91.6%

Erin Smith 2003 87%

Graham Sheriff 2010 41%, 46.8%, 72.6%, 49.5%, 50%

Kellsey & Knieval 2012 76%, 67%, 72%, 81%, 84%

Edwards & Jones 2014 97%, 99%, 97%, 86%, 87%, 72%

Benchmark

Average Percentage is 78%

Median Percentage is 84%

These percentages provide an

explainable, comparative framework

for measurement

Data

Author

Document title

Format

Publication year

Age

Language

Library holdings

LC call number

Discipline

LGBTQ and Sexuality Studies

Field Call Numbers

LGBTQ HQ74-HQ77.95

Sexuality HQ12-HQ449 & HQ1075-HQ10.75.5, excluding LGBTQ

LGBTQ & Sexuality HQ12-HQ449 & HQ1075-HQ10.75.5

Citations and Ownership by

Format

Format Number of

Citations

% of Total

Citations

Number of

Citations

Held

% of

Citations

Held

Monographs 1,201 37.03% 1,031 86%

Journal articles 709 21.86% 602 85%

Chapters in books 463 14.28% 419 90%

Popular periodicals 384 11.87% 205 54%

Newspaper articles 130 4.00% 91 70%

Websites 122 3.76% n/a n/a

Conferences 88 3.71% 0 0%

Other 146 4.50% 27 18%

TOTAL 3,243 100.01% 2,375 73%

LGBTQ Citations by

Format and Ownership

Format # of Total

Citations

# of

LGBTQ

Citations

% of

Total

LGBTQ

Citations

# of

LGBTQ

Citations

Owned

% of

LGBTQ

Citations

Owned

Monographs 1,201 261 22% 236 90%

Journal articles 709 68 10% 68 100%

Chapters 463 99 21% 95 96%

Periodicals 384 205 53% 54 26%

TOTAL 2,758 633 23% 453 72%

Sexuality Citations by

Format and Ownership

Format # of

Citations

# of

Sexuality

Citations

% of

Total

Sexuality

Citations

# of

Sexuality

Citations

Owned

% of

Sexuality

Citations

Owned

Monographs 1,201 136 11% 118 87%

Journal articles 709 50 7% 48 96%

Chapters 463 58 13% 48 83%

TOTAL 2,373 244 15% 214 88%

Sexuality & LGBTQ Citations by

Format and Ownership

Format # of Total

Citations

# of

Sexuality

& LGBTQ

Citations

% of

Sexuality

& LGBTQ

Total

Citations

# of

Sexuality

& LGBTQ

Citations

Owned

% of

Sexuality &

LGBTQ

Citations

Owned

Monographs 1,201 397 33% 354 89%

Journal articles 709 118 17% 116 98%

Chapters 463 157 34% 143 91%

Periodicals 384 205 53% 54 26%

TOTAL 2,757 877 32% 667 76%

LGBTQ Collections in Academic

Libraries

Suzy Taraba, “Collecting Gay and Lesbian Materials in an Academic Library,” in Gay

and Lesbian Library Service, ed. Cal Gough and Ellen Greenblatt

(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1990): 1-28.

Melissa Adler, “Meeting the Needs of LGBTIQ Users and Their Librarians,” in

Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users: Essays on Outreach,

Service, Collections and Access, ed. Ellen Greenblatt (Jefferson, NC:

McFarland, 2011): 184-193.

K.L. Clarke, “LGBTIQ Users and Collections in Academic Libraries,” in Serving

LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users: Essays on Outreach, Service,

Collections and Access, ed. Ellen Greenblatt (Jefferson, NC: McFarland,

2011): 81-93.

Top Thirteen Disciplines by

Number of CitationsDiscipline # of

Citations

% of

Citations

# of

Citations

Held

% of

Citations

Held

LGBTQ studies 633 20% 453 72%

Literature 252 8% 187 74%

Sexuality studies 245 8% 214 87%

Sociology 210 6% 192 91%

Art History 166 5% 143 86%

Film studies 124 4% 118 95%

HIV/AIDS 124 4% 92 74%

Medicine 93 3% 53 57%

Women’s studies 66 2% 61 92%

History 62 2% 59 95%

Anthropology 60 2% 55 92%

Psychology 59 2% 53 90%

Communication studies 53 2% 46 88%

LGBTQ Information Needs

1. Curricular and research materials

2. Personal and recreational reading

3. LGBTQ popular periodicals

Thank you